The incident, which happened between Moor Lane and Wedgewood Heights, closed the A5026 Holway Road in both directions for five hours until just after 4pm.

The smash caused widespread disruption in the area and affected traffic from the A55 at Caerwys through Lloc and Gorsedd to Holywell

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.31am today, Thursday 11 September, to a road traffic collision involving a bus and two cars on Holway Road in Holywell. Crews in two emergency ambulance attended, supported by an ambulance officer, and a man in his 70s and a woman in her 40s were taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.”

It is understood that the bus was not carrying passengers at the time of the crash.